Never be the same

Chapter eleven: Good news

"Why were they here?"

"She probably had a doctor appointment because of her pregnancy."

"Pregnancy?! But she is only 18. How did her parents let her keep the baby?"

"They didn't so now she is living with him."

"Oh... well that's sad for her."

Sarah and Shelden have small conversations from time to time while Zoe doesn't open her mouth even for once. She doesn't seem to accept the fact that her friend is in that cold hospital room. She stands up and gets closer to the window without taking her eyes away from there.

"I wish things hadn't happened like this Rachel... I shouldn't have left you alone for that long. I'm so sorry..."

Her low pitched voice is barely heard even from herself. She puts her hand on the window while feeling her heart beat get faster and faster because of the guilt and urge of crying. As Sarah notices she gets up slowly and approaches her friend. From the reflection of the window she sees that Zoe's eyes are teary and puts her hand on her back.

"It's not your fault, Zoe. Don't blame yourself."

Suddenly Sarah feels her phone vibrating in her pocket. While taking her phone out of her pocket she gets away and picks up. The impression on her face doesn't change even after seeing who's calling. 

"Zak, I'm sorry that I left like that. I didn't want to wake you up."

"It's okay, babe. Where are you? Why did you leave? I thought that we were going to have breakfast together."

Zak's sweet sleepy voice warms up Sarah's heart.

"I'm at the hospital. Rachel got poisoned."

"Oh... should I come too?"

"No, no. There's nothing we can do. We are just waiting for her to wake up and then the doctors will inform us certanly what will happen from now on."

"Okay, baby. Call me if you need anything."

"Thank you."

The lonely and helpless mother calls her husband, Mr. Zander, but he won't be able to come immediately because of the business trip he is on. He is supposed to be there for a week but he shortens it to 4 days so he could be with his most precious thing, his daughter.

Sarah, Zoe and Mrs. Shelden spend 2 nights in the hospital with hope to see Rachel awake. The next morning Shelden wakes up first and goes to the window. Her eyes widen as soon as she sees her daughter waking up.

"Girls, she's waking up! My dear is waking up! Go, get the doctor!"

Zoe runs to the window while Sarah goes to call the doctor. He comes and goes in to see Rachel's condition. Shelden waiting excitingly for him finally feels a relief. The doctor explains to them that they can go in while a big smile appears on everyone's face. Rachel's mom goes in first but she doesn't stay for too long since her friends want to talk to her too.

As the girls happily have a coffee for the first time in two days, Zak is just waking up. The thought about Sarah pops in his mind as soon as he opens his eyes. He decides to go to the hospital with Leo and surprise them since they haven't seen them for couple of days. Rubbing his eyes he goes to Leo's room  knocks on the door.

"Leo! Did you wake up you dumbass!?"

He doesn't hear a respond and opens the door slowly. He sees that Leo already woke up and is studying with his headphones on. He gets closer to him and pushes his arm.

"What do you want, Zak?"

He doesn't look at him and continues writing in his textbook.

"Have you talked with Zoe lately?"

"No, why?"

"She and Sarah are at the hospital because Rachel had an accident. Sarah said that she got poisoned. And I thought that it'll be nice if we bring them something to eat and some flowers for Rachel."

Leo looks at him confused. Zak hasn't done anything thoughtful like this to none on his ex's. Looks like he's changed for Sarah.

"Actually, that would be good. Let's do that."

Leo puts his headphones away, grabs his jacket and goes after his brother. As they go to get some food, Zak suddenly asks him a question that's been in his mind for a long time.

"Why do you hate me? And not only you, mom and dad too. Why's that? What have I done wrong?"

Zak wants to be closer with Leo, but that 'hate' he feels from his twin, never lets him talk to his brother as others do to theirs.

"I don't hate you, neither do our parents."

"Then why do you always get the most attention and love from them? They never talk with me as they talk with you!"

"Zak, look, there is nothing like 'I'm getting the most love' or something. You never talk to mom and dad, even when they try talking to you, you always end up shouting at them. What do you expect when you're treating them like an ass?"

"I... it's not my fault, Leo! I just can't control my anger. They always say things that piss me off and turn everything into lectures. People can't talk to them without getting frustrated."

"Before judging others, look at yourself first."

Zak doesn't say anything and keeps driving. He still doesn't understand why are they like this but stops thinking about it as soon as they reach the hospital. As they approach Rachel's room, Sarah lifts her head and her eyes land on Zak walking towards them, she doesn't hold back and runs to hug him.

"What are you doing here?"

"We brought some food and flowers for Rachel. How is she?"

"She is good now. She woke up, Zoe is with her."

Leo greets Mrs. Shelden and sits next to her waiting for Zoe to come out. As they talk, they see that Bella and Omar are approaching.

"Good morning!"

Bella tries being nice but no one responds. She looks from the window and sees that Rachel is awake and goes in without waiting for Zoe to leave. She greets her and tries to talk to her but she doesn't seem like she is enjoying the conversation.

Mrs. Shelden goes to sign some document while others take Rachel's luggage to the car. Suddenly Bella feels her stomach hurt and goes to the bathroom leaving Omar and Rachel alone. Then he gets closer to her and looks at her with his disgusting smile.

"You did this to get Bella's attention, right? Bitch, I know all of these little games, don't try to lie to me but this was the last time I'm letting you do such a thing, you selfish ass. Next time... oh wait, actually there won't be a next time because I'll do everything to make her forget you, brainless rat"

Rachel just looks away grabs her things and leaves like she never saw him...